Folding cabinet.



J. J. LEIGHTY.

FOLDING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, 1913' 1 1 33,@@@, Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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JULIA J. LEIGHTY, F GEDDES, SOUTH DAKOTA.

FOLDING:- CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

\ Application filed oetobert, 1913. .Serial no. 793,301. v

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JULIA J. Lnronrr, a

. ing Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en-- able others skilled in-the art to which it v appertains to make and use the'same.

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This invention relates 'to folding cabinets, and more particularly .to that class known as bath cabinets.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a folding cabinetv adapted to receive a babys wash tub, and provided with shelves and hooks for receiving the babys clothing, sides of the cabinet adapted to swing outwardly so that when the cabinet is placed near a source of heat the sides will catch the heat.

. Another object of my invention is to provide a folding cabinet of the class described which when not in use may be closed and will form an attractive article of furniture. Another object is to provide a cabinet of the class described which will be simple, durable, and compactly arranged and which w' be inexpensive to manufacture.

ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein-V after more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout several figures in which,

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the cabinet in a closed position; Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the same in an open position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the base 5 is preferably rectangular in formation and is provided with casters 6.

The back 7, is secured in any desirable manv cabinet and will edectually protect the baby ner to base 5, and said back is provided with a lower shelf 8, supported by braces, 9, the shelf extending the substantial width of back 7, and is spaced above base 5. Shelf 8 is designed for the reception of a babys bath tub and is provided centrally with an opening 10 adapted to receive a lug on the bottom of the tub (not shown) for preventing accidental removal of the tub from the shelf. An upper shelf 11 which is consid erably smaller than shelf 8, is secured to back 7, above said shelf and is intended to receive soap and other toilet accessories. Thetowel rack 12, is secured to back 7 above shelf 11, and the upper end of the back is provided on its front face -.with a looking glass 13. A pair of combined side and front walls are hinged to opposite edgesof the back as illustrated at 14: and each combined side and front wall 15, and 16, respectively, is provided with a top 17, hinged as at 18, to the side wall and said top is adapted to fold ou t'wardly when the cabinet is opened;

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lhe side and frontgwalls are secured at right angles to each other and when in folded of closed position each one of the pair incloses a half of the'cabinet; that .is, when in closed position the meeting line of the front walls will fall in the vertical transverse central plane of the cabinet as will also the meeting line of the folding ing or other articles and the opposite wall is provided with a plurality of hooks. It will be noticed. that the shelves 19 are so positioned that when the cabinet is closed they will be between shelf 11 and rack 12. This is true also of hooks 20.

lhe sides are so hinged that the bottom edges thereof rest on the upper face of the base 5; when in closed position, and the side edges thereof rest against back 7 and the various shelves, hooks and towel rack willbe hidden from view. The topsare hinged so that when in closed position they rest on the upper edges of the side and front walls. 7 door hob 21, is provided whereby the cabinet may be held in elosed position. v

In use the cabinet is intended to be rolled near a source of heat such as a stove and when in this position it may be opened whereby the front and side portionswill catch the heat and retain the, same in the embodiment of my invention it may desire to make such changes in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An extendible cabinet comprising; a base, a back vertically mounted upon said base, two oppositely disposed side members hinged to each edge of said back having two rigidly connected portions dis osed at right-angles to each other, said si es combining to act as a support for a cover member and simultaneously as front and side walls when closed, or simultaneously as an extended portion of the back, lying flush with the same, and as parallel extended side walls when in open position, and a cover member hinged to and supported by each of said side members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIA J. LEIGI-ITY.

Witnesses R. L. CAGEK, ALBERT J. LEIGHTY. 

